Side-by-side distribution
Mathematician
$162,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 35.3%
- Live roles
- 17
Researcher
$110,142
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 34.9%
- Live roles
- 3,307
Highest-paying jobs
Statistician and Mathematician, Senior
Statistician and Mathematician
Statistician and Mathematician, Senior
Fixed Income Division – Associate, Applied Mathematician - Electronic Trading & Quantitative Finance (New York)
Mathematician Manager
Software Engineer - Level 3 or 4 (Mathematician)
Highest-paying jobs
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Research Fellow
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Researcher, Training
Researcher, Training - London
Vice President, Quantitative Researcher, Infrastructure & Real Assets
Researcher, Robustness & Safety Training
Researcher, Alignment Interpretability
Researcher, Multimodal Safety
Researcher, Recursive Self-Improvement Safety
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Booz Allen Hamilton
|
$162,000 | 3 |
| MS Morgan Stanley | $175,000 | 1 |
|
Aristocrat
|
$150,000 | 1 |
|
Northrop Grumman
|
$142,500 | 1 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
The University of Texas at Austin
|
$47,500 | 39 |
| NU Northeastern University | $72,754 | 34 |
| WC Worldwide Clinical Trials | $145,000 | 28 |
IQVIA
|
$128,250 | 27 |
ICON plc
|
$124,335 | 26 |
USC
|
$71,892 | 25 |
| MG Mass General Brigham | $70,875 | 21 |
| BN Brookhaven National Laboratory | $81,175 | 18 |
Mathematician vs Researcher: which pays more?
The median for Mathematician is $162,000 per year (typically $150,000–$162,000), versus $110,142 for Researcher ($74,500–$175,000). That puts Mathematician about 47% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Mathematician and Researcher are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.